The viral video shows the huge ray leaping from the water, scaring away its companion with a big splash.
The user who filmed the video, SeeThroughCanoe, commented below the post that eagle rays are tricky to catch on film at all, let alone performing a behavior like breaching.
Scientists don't know why rays jump, as pictured in the video, although some have speculated that females may leap to avoid unwanted male attention. Or perhaps the ray is attempting to—eagle rays, as with many other pelagic marine creatures, are plagued with both internal and external parasites, mostly gathering on their gills.
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